Vancover Lake Bird-watching (hopefully) [Level 1]

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Active club members, including kayaking professionals and lifetime. Provisional acceptance, pending approval by trip organizer if this is a paddle

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This trip is limited to members with a wet exit certification (except for Level 1 trips when the paddler is NOT using a spray skirt). To successfully register you will need to sign into your OOPS member account.

When I paddled Vancouver Island Sept. 29, 2016 with four other OOPSters, we saw around 100 sandhill cranes and probably 60 brilliant-white pelicans paddling by in group. What a day it was! I hope we’ll see lots of birdson Wednesday. Even if we don’t, we’ll enjoy a six-mile trip on a sunny fall day.

One thing we don’t want to see is Portland and Vancouver traffic! For that reason, we’ll launch at10 a.m.and be off the water by1:30 p.m.We also don’t want to see hunters (or more specifically, their bullets). Duck- and goose-hunting season starts in mid-October, so we should be safe from that, too!

There may be a $4 parking fee. When fee booths are not staffed, park users will need to use self-pay stations. Only cash is accepted at self-pay stations.

We will break into pods and stick together with our pod. It might be fun to practice some towing. Bring a tow belt along if you'd like. Another fun option: it's almost exactly one mile from the beach where we launch to the island. How about timing how long it takes to get from the beach to the island? No pressure, just a chance to time your own paddling. No OOPSter will be left behind! :-)